NEEDS
Shelter : Iroquois lived in longhouses. They actually called themselves the Haudenosaunee, which means people who build longhouses. The longhouse is a long narrow single room. Sometimes they may have reached about the length of 100 meters and they were generally never wider than 5 to 8 meters. They sheltered a number of families related through the female line (Matrilineal ) . It was made out of bendable wood, with the branches woven in and out. It was a frame structure with slabs of bark wood to make it waterproof. And in winter they were usually covered with animal skins to keep some of the cold air out. They were owned by women.
Food: People who lived in the Iroquois nation ate mainly corn, beans and squash that they farmed. These plants were called the Three sisters because they supported each other. Beans roots absorb nitrogen, Nitrogen helps the corn grow. Corn provides support for beans by acting like a bean pole. The large, prickly squash leaves shade the soil preventing weed s from growing. They made the corn into a flatbread like tacos of tortillas, by boiling it in water like oatmeal, then placing it onto a thin rock over a fire to bake. They also ate meat, especially turkey and wild birds, deer , rabbits, and lots of fish. They dug clams and oysters along the coast, they trapped lobsters in fishing nets that they handmade. They were gathers, which meant they gathered many wild foods such as, blueberries, mushrooms, and roots that were not too different from, carrots, potatoes,onions, and garlic.
Clothing: Was all made by hand
Men’s: Iroquois men wore breechcloths with long leggings. They wore an amount of feathers to say which tribe they come from. For their shoes they wore moccasins, and snowshoes underneath their moccasins when they are walking on snow.
Women’s: They wore buckskin dresses with animal hide leggings. On their feet they wore the same type of shoes as men.But more decorated. They were decorated with porcupine quills and feather, after the europeans came they were decorated with beads.
Children’s: Wore the same design of clothing as their parents.
Ceremonial clothing: Mostly men wore masks that showed funny expressions.
In ceremonies they decorated the dresses in feathers and dyed porcupine quills.
Transportation: On land they would travel on foot or by dogs. And in the winter they would travel with snowshoes strapped to their moccasins. On water they would travel on canoes carved from wood. They would make the canoes out of elm bark or they would carved it out of a hollowed out log.
Food: People who lived in the Iroquois nation ate mainly corn, beans and squash that they farmed. These plants were called the Three sisters because they supported each other. Beans roots absorb nitrogen, Nitrogen helps the corn grow. Corn provides support for beans by acting like a bean pole. The large, prickly squash leaves shade the soil preventing weed s from growing. They made the corn into a flatbread like tacos of tortillas, by boiling it in water like oatmeal, then placing it onto a thin rock over a fire to bake. They also ate meat, especially turkey and wild birds, deer , rabbits, and lots of fish. They dug clams and oysters along the coast, they trapped lobsters in fishing nets that they handmade. They were gathers, which meant they gathered many wild foods such as, blueberries, mushrooms, and roots that were not too different from, carrots, potatoes,onions, and garlic.
Clothing: Was all made by hand
Men’s: Iroquois men wore breechcloths with long leggings. They wore an amount of feathers to say which tribe they come from. For their shoes they wore moccasins, and snowshoes underneath their moccasins when they are walking on snow.
Women’s: They wore buckskin dresses with animal hide leggings. On their feet they wore the same type of shoes as men.But more decorated. They were decorated with porcupine quills and feather, after the europeans came they were decorated with beads.
Children’s: Wore the same design of clothing as their parents.
Ceremonial clothing: Mostly men wore masks that showed funny expressions.
In ceremonies they decorated the dresses in feathers and dyed porcupine quills.
Transportation: On land they would travel on foot or by dogs. And in the winter they would travel with snowshoes strapped to their moccasins. On water they would travel on canoes carved from wood. They would make the canoes out of elm bark or they would carved it out of a hollowed out log.
WARFARE
Weapons:
Tomahawk: An iroquois type of axe.
Lance: A long thick stick with a ball at the end.
Bow and arrow: Bows and arrows are weapons made of a strip of wood, or other flexible material such as bone or horn, with a cord connecting the two ends.The Iroquois people relied on the bow and arrow as both a weapon in times of war and as a means of providing food through hunting.
A club: a short staff or stick, usually made of wood
Spear: a long, stabbing weapon with an arrow head made out of sharp rock.
Enemies: Their enemies were naturally the Algonquin . But before they united together from different tribes they were each other's enemies.
Battle strategies
They could store up food supplies against the predictable shortages of winter which the nomadic Algonquins could not yet do.War chiefs did not always lead war parties. Individual warriors could-and often did-lead small war parties, but needed the war chief's permission to do so. War chiefs could prevent warriors from going on the warpath if it was not in their communities' best interests.Iroquois warriors taught the European settlers valuable lessons in how to use geography to win a battle.
The early American colonists learned by watching the Iroquois warriors how to blend into the landscape. They watched and learned how to attack quickly, and how to use a small number of men to sneak into enemy territory.
Tomahawk: An iroquois type of axe.
Lance: A long thick stick with a ball at the end.
Bow and arrow: Bows and arrows are weapons made of a strip of wood, or other flexible material such as bone or horn, with a cord connecting the two ends.The Iroquois people relied on the bow and arrow as both a weapon in times of war and as a means of providing food through hunting.
A club: a short staff or stick, usually made of wood
Spear: a long, stabbing weapon with an arrow head made out of sharp rock.
Enemies: Their enemies were naturally the Algonquin . But before they united together from different tribes they were each other's enemies.
Battle strategies
They could store up food supplies against the predictable shortages of winter which the nomadic Algonquins could not yet do.War chiefs did not always lead war parties. Individual warriors could-and often did-lead small war parties, but needed the war chief's permission to do so. War chiefs could prevent warriors from going on the warpath if it was not in their communities' best interests.Iroquois warriors taught the European settlers valuable lessons in how to use geography to win a battle.
The early American colonists learned by watching the Iroquois warriors how to blend into the landscape. They watched and learned how to attack quickly, and how to use a small number of men to sneak into enemy territory.
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BY: JULIA HURTAJ